Senior Developer Advocate (Founding DevRel)
About The Position
About Promptfoo Promptfoo is an open-source framework for evaluating AI agents, red teaming, and AI application security. Over 250,000 developers use it to test LLMs, LLM-powered applications, and agent behavior across tools and models, and plug into CI/CD. Promptfoo is the most popular open-source AI red-teaming framework and is growing quickly. Promptfoo is backed by Insight Partners and Andreessen Horowitz and is based in San Mateo, CA (SF Bay Area). Why This Role Be the public face of Promptfoo for developers Serve as the developer voice within the company Build and lead the education engine Grow a strong community Help teams confidently ship safer AI features What You Will Do Content and Education Manage the editorial calendar and publish every week Create tutorials, deep dives, quick-start videos, and release explainers Write step-by-step guides using real configs, datasets, and results Record clear, 2 to 5 minute demo videos featuring simple diagrams and screenshots Community and Channels Be active in Discord, unblocking users and turning FAQs into documentation and examples Share concise, practical tips on LinkedIn and X Host webinars, office hours, and Bay Area workshops Docs and Developer Experience Improve documentation structure and reference pages Keep examples up to date as providers and features evolve Reduce friction in install, configuration, and CI setup Demos and Integrations Build small, well-documented sample apps Demonstrate modern patterns for retrieval, agents, guardrails, and test data Track new frameworks and model APIs, publishing examples quickly Feedback Loop Distill user feedback into clear issues and actionable proposals Validate fixes directly with users and close the feedback loop publicly What Success Looks Like in 90 Days Become an expert in Promptfoo. Understand how to triage common issues from GitHub and Discord Publish one code-backed post, guide, or video each week covering new models, AI agent frameworks, or how to use common and new features in Promptfoo Tweak and make updates to the documentation based Help circulate and promote new Promptfoo features to our existing users via our mailing list Host a live workshop
Requirements
- 5+ years in developer-facing roles: Developer Advocate, Software Engineer, Solutions or Field Engineer, or Technical Writer
- Strong Python or TypeScript skills; able to build clean, minimal demos
- Portfolio of guides, talks, videos, or documentation
- Clear, concise communicator; comfortable live and on camera
- High agency: you plan, ship weekly, and iterate from data
- Proficiency using Promptfoo
Responsibilities
- Manage the editorial calendar and publish every week
- Create tutorials, deep dives, quick-start videos, and release explainers
- Write step-by-step guides using real configs, datasets, and results
- Record clear, 2 to 5 minute demo videos featuring simple diagrams and screenshots
- Be active in Discord, unblocking users and turning FAQs into documentation and examples
- Share concise, practical tips on LinkedIn and X
- Host webinars, office hours, and Bay Area workshops
- Improve documentation structure and reference pages
- Keep examples up to date as providers and features evolve
- Reduce friction in install, configuration, and CI setup
- Build small, well-documented sample apps
- Demonstrate modern patterns for retrieval, agents, guardrails, and test data
- Track new frameworks and model APIs, publishing examples quickly
- Distill user feedback into clear issues and actionable proposals
- Validate fixes directly with users and close the feedback loop publicly
Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- New hardware and a productivity budget
- Travel to conferences and community events
- Flexible time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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